Sample:
Northern Delaware is the area of New Castle County which is bounded on the north and west by Pennsylvania, the Delaware River on the east, and the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal on the south. Maps included, with census tracts noted.

Sample Size:
2,286 Jewish households interviewed; survey was an attempted census which could not reach only 100 Jewish households.

Sample Notes:
Section on methodology included in the appendix. Questionnaire, instructions to the interviewers, postcard sent to potential respondents also included.

Interviewers were volunteers; details on work process in Appendix.

The survey was based on telephone calls to individuals using a master list constructed from six sources: the Jewish Federation of Delaware list of contributors and non-contributors, the Jewish Community Center mailing list, temple and congregational membership and mailing lists, organization membership lists secured from the Jewish Federation of Delaware, the City Directory, and the list of residents at the Kutz home.